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By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010 - 3:06 pm
The Golden Notebook in Woodstock. Photo from the bookstore's Facebook page.
After months of fretting that their favorite independent local bookstore would close for good, bibliophiles in Woodstock can rejoice. The Golden Notebook, a venerable local... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010 - 1:41 pm
The state police are reporting an arrest in an unlikely place: a Zen monastery in Sullivan County.
According to the press release, reprinted in full below, a South Korean man named Min Jae Hwang allegedly assaulted a man and a woman on Saturday at the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010 - 9:20 am
Round Top Barn on the Shultis family farm in Wittenberg, Ulster County. Below, one man's memories of a childhood in the Catskills, submitted by Watershed Post reader Lawrence J. Caldwell. If you have tales of bygone Catskills to share, send them to us at... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010 - 3:30 pm
A professor at Finger Lakes Community College is trying to figure out why the bears he's studying are blazing trails through the woods -- and he's looking for help from sharp-eyed New York State residents. From the Hornell Evening Tribune:
[John] VanNiel... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010 - 8:35 am
If you thought bedbugs were strictly a downstate problem, think again, says the Times Herald-Record.
...[T]hey've also been found in a Kingston clothing store, a City of Newburgh apartment complex, and local movie theaters, office buildings, taxis, moving... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Oct. 25, 2010 - 4:45 pm
The Daily Star's Mark Boshnack spoke to two prominent locals involved in the debate over hydrofracking -- one pro, one anti -- who both think Gov. Paterson's recent decision to axe DEC chief Pete Grannis could slow things down.
Ron Bishop, a chemistry... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Oct. 25, 2010 - 9:57 am
The Schoharie County Sheriff's Office reports that two local men are due to appear in the Town of Schoharie Court today, on charges stemming from a fight at the Hotel Austin in Central Bridge last Tuesday. The press release:
On 10-19-10 at approximately 8... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Oct. 25, 2010 - 9:41 am
In the WSJ last week: a loving paean to Delaware County furniture designer Jim Zivic's latest creation, a leather-and-steel chaise lounge inspired by the sleek lines (and buttery upholstery) of the Jaguar E-type.
The Jaguar’s hexagonal steel undergirdings... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010 - 1:40 pm
Word on the street is, you shouldn't leave your car doors unlocked in Port Ewen anymore. From the Ulster County Sheriff's Department:
Sheriff Paul VanBlarcum is cautioning Port Ewen to lock their cars in the wake of a rash of larcenies from unlocked... Read more
By wateradmin on Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010 - 8:04 am
"Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday. You can see Gary's collected Sunday cartoons by clicking here.
Gary Mayer is an artist who's lived in Bovina for the past seven years. Originally hailing from Detroit, he lived for many years in... Read more
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